Malta was one of the 128 countries to yesterday vote in favour of a United Nations General Assembly resolution calling for the United States to drop its recent recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital city.

Trump's recognition of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel goes against decades of US policy.

Earlier this month, Prime Minister Joseph Muscat said that the Maltese government is against the decision by US President Donald Trump to recognise Jerusalem as the capital city of Israel instead of Tel Aviv.

Muscat said that Trump's decision could risk reigniting the issue between Palestine and Israel. "The discussion on Jerusalem should include all the parties involved in this complex issue. We agree with the two-state solution which is being adopted at the moment. I fear that Trump's decision will put fuel on the flame and lead to further extremism," he had told the press.

President Donald Trump had threatened to cut finanical aid to the countries which voted in favour of the resolution.

Besides the United States, Israel, Honduras, Micronesia, Nauru, Palau, Togo the Marshall Islands and Guatemala voted against the resolution.

The following countries abstained from voting;  Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Bahamas, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Cameroon, Canada, Colombia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Dominican Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Fiji, Haiti, Hungary, Jamaica, Kiribati, Latvia, Lesotho, Malawi, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Romania, Rwanda, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvalu, Uganda, Vanuatu.